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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The most recent data collected and released by the New York City Police Department places Staten Island as the safest borough in New York so far this year.The data includes valid felonies, misdemeanors and any crime violations, and is collected and released quarterly.Besides being the safest borough overall, Staten Island is also home of the safest precinct in New York City, data from January to July of this year shows. The 123 Precinct, which includes the Tottenville, Huguenot, Rossville, Annadale, and Eltingville areas, recorded 1.7 crimes per 1000 residents, the data shows.Of the 77 Precincts in New York City, the 122 Precinct ranked second with only two crimes per 1000 residents, according to the data.The 122 Precinct oversees Great Kills, Bay Terrace, Oakwood Heights, Oakwood Beach, Lighthouse Hill, New Dorp, Grant City, Midland Beach, South Beach, Todt Hill, South Beach, Old Town, Grasmere and parts of Eltingville.The 120 and the 121 Precincts ranked eight … [Read more...] about Staten Island is the safest borough in New York City, data shows

Ideologues co-opt ‘equity.’ America’s schools are today consumed by a push for “equity.” Unfortunately, it’s looking like some of those who claim to be champions for equity may be more focused on mounting an ideological campaign against educational excellence. Take last week’s development in New York City, where a panel appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to promote “diversity” issued a report that publicly called for the elimination of the city’s programs for gifted and talented students. The 39-page report, by de Blasio’s hand-picked “School Diversity Advisory Group,” offers a stark reversal from former mayor Michael Bloomberg’s push to expand choices for families by, in part, dramatically increasing the availability of programs for gifted and talented children ill-served by conventional classrooms. In New York City, students as young as four can register to take the gifted and talented assessment. Any … [Read more...] about In New York City, an Attack on Programs for Gifted Students

Every school in the city should be engineered to match the exact racial mix of the city, and there should be no sorting by academic ability, an education panel handpicked by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said yesterday. The panel recommends redrawing school-district lines citywide to “fully integrate” them within 10 years. Every Gifted & Talented program also should be scrapped, as well as nearly all screening processes — which admit students based on factors such as grades, behavior and attendance — to combat racial and socioeconomic inequality, according to a report issued Tuesday by the School Diversity Advisory Group. Within three years, every city school should reflect its community in terms of diversity, the report said. In five years, it should reflect its entire borough. And in 10 years, “every school should be representative of the city as a whole,” the panel said, emphasizing that the city Department of … [Read more...] about Inside the radical plan to redistrict New York City schools

Jeff Bezos’ Amazon canceled plans to build a campus in Long Island City, Queens. Kaitlyn Flannagan/Commercial Observer Amazon has canceled plans to build part of its second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, after the e-commerce giant faced fierce opposition from lawmakers and residents over the billions of dollars in government subsidies, the company announced this morning.“While polls show that 70 percent of New Yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in Long Island City,” the company said in a statement.It continued: “We are disappointed to have reached this conclusion—we love New York, its incomparable dynamism, people and culture—and particularly the community of Long Island City, where we have gotten to know so … [Read more...] about Amazon to New York City: Drop Dead

(CNN)The Democratic leaders of California and New York City are taking steps to provide health care coverage to some undocumented residents. On his first day in office, California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a budget on Monday that would make California the only state in the nation to provide coverage to undocumented young adults through its Medicaid program. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an even more ambitious program on Tuesday called NYC Care that would provide coverage for all New Yorkers. There are roughly 600,000 residents without health insurance, half of them undocumented immigrants. "From this moment on in New York City, everyone is guaranteed the right to health care," said de Blasio, comparing it to the universal pre-K program his administration implemented several years ago. New York City birth certificates get gender-neutral option NYC Care will start rolling out in coming months and will take more than two years to be fully implemented, de Blasio … [Read more...] about California, New York City move to provide health care coverage to undocumented residents